#im the number one glampunk shipper

[labselkie]

hey.... hi kat..,

Another bang resonates through the gallery, the sharp sounds of boots on the ground echoing off of the menagerie of paintings and the tall ceiling. There's a screech at a corner, and in comes the Black Cat. Her normally vibrant costume is dim in the night, but the magenta spots seem to be caked in dust and dirt. She's a mess, and was forced to drop the painting she meant to steal. It lands face up, its canvas covered in scratches.

Her life's been rough recently- Going through the knowledge that someone she knows is one of the figures who's been fighting to stop her is tough. As if he were summoned, the man himself shoots a web over Kath's head and comes swinging around the corner with all the force of a wrecking ball.

Her expression grows frustrated, she's in for it now.

"Oi! Kitty!" The Spider-Man shouts, he catches up to her in no time, his speed increasing whenever he shoots a new thread. "What's up toni-"

"Leave me alone!" She shouts, skidding to a stop. Spider-Punk is short behind, dropping to the marbled floor with a screech. The two are so different, yet so similar.. Kath's breaths are heavy, these fights and chases get tiring after a while. Her claw-like nails lengthen when she freezes in place, and it's apparent that she seems more fearful than enraged, something that's quite different.

Hobie puts a hand in his pocket, pulls out a guitar pick, and twirls it between his fingers. He's somewhat lanky, and his calmer posture compared to Kath's tenseness is like night and day.

"I'm not... In the mood for quips tonight," She sounds exhausted, and through all his pretenses, Hobie reacts to that. But it doesn't last long, because after a tap of his foot he's in action again.

"I wish you were," Is the last thing the Cat heard before she was back off running.

The museum was massive... Built around suspended pieces and around a dozen circular floors. The dizzying architecture got to Kath after a bit, and before she knew it she was mixing up the layouts of floors. Another web rockets out behind her, and then it's time for the fight.

Hobie shoots up, and tries to get a kick in. She's only nicked by a spike on his boot, but was caught off guard by him lashing out. Black Cat practically pounces onto Hobie, trying to claw and rip and tear like it was for her own sake.

This goes on for what feels like a terrifying eternity, and it's impressive no one has been called. Yet even with the even fighting ground, Kath found herself overwhelmed. Way too overwhelmed. Her heart was hammering and she was only able to get in a few hits. How could she harm someone she knew?! Hobie didn't have that dilemma, he was oblivious and quite literally just doing what he regularly would- Except for making jokes. He wasn't sure why, but the emotion pouring out of the Black Cat's words got to him.

At one point, Kath makes the brash decision to try and leap down to the floor below. She blocks a punch with her forearm before leaping up onto the ledge. The floors close in like a spiral below her- She knows this jump, she's done it before, but today was different. It was different for so many reasons.

Hobie is quick on her tail, shooting a specialized thread of silk across the floor to an upper one to try and get down on his own. This was her chance, Kath leaps up, grabs onto it, and has her eyes locked onto one of the floors below.

The web snaps, and Hobie jumps back. Black Cat is sent tumbling down. She sprawls out, as if by instinct, and after plummeting a floor down she's able to grab onto the ledge of the one below. But she's weak, and her grip slips, and she hits the museum floor with a bang.

Cats don't always land on their feet. That's what Hobie learned that day. After the Cat's fall he jumped down along with her, his mind a blur. He wasn't supposed to kill, he knew that, but the sense of worry he felt for this enemy was indescribable. He reaches the floor when the dust has barely settled. That's when he sees her.

"Kathryn?"

Thinking abt the angst when Hobie figures out Kath is black cat, like they are fighting in a museum, kinda like the vulture scene in atsv. Something happens, she gets knocked down for being reckless, a web snaps, something and she ends up flailing to the ground, and Hobie couldn't catch her fast enough. She's in the rubble and he removes her mask to show her face, it's beaten up and bloody not realizing it was his friend AUSBSKS I KEAN DHE LIVES OFC BUT THE DRAMA OF FIGURINH OUT